I'm running a pair of WRT54GS routers for routing and a wireless
bridge, and have been for a few years now.  Originally I used the
DD-WRT firmware, but last spring I upgraded to the latest Tomato
firmware.

I've found the Tomato firmware to be more stable for me, and the
built-in traffic logs and graphs lets me know the headroom I have on
any ISP soft-caps  (I should be good unless the wife gets into Netflix
HD streaming...  Old 80s TV shows are just fine <grin>)

Ron


On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Brian Wall <kc0iog at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 09:25:54 -0700 (PDT),  Jeremy Olexa wrote:
> >> >I didn't find stability in my linksys 54G *until* I started using
> >> >alternative firmware.
> >>
> >> Exactly my experience
> >
> > Ditto.  My Linksys would basically hang and cause me to reboot it.
>
> Tritto?
>
> My in-laws had a WRT54G, which I returned for a replacement WRT54G,
> and the problem continued.  Loaded up DD-WRT and it's been rock solid
> ever since.  I have a WRT54G2, which I purchased for the sole purpose
> of running DD-WRT.  I never gave the Linksys firmware any runtime, but
> previous experience tells me that wouldn't have gone well.  DD-WRT has
> been flawless for me.
>
> Btw, one of my co-workers reports similar behavior in his Linksys
> 802.11N router, so as far as I know this type of failure continues to
> plague Linksys firmware.
>
> To the orginal poster: IMHO you're doiing a disservice to yourself and
> others by running stock firmware on a WRT54GL.  I wouldn't be surpised
> one bit if your problems disappear when you load up a variety of *WRT.
>  Not to mention, Linksys firmware is incredibly limited in comparison.
>  You can do *useful* things with the linux firmware, not true with
> Linksys.
>
> Brian
>
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